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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4 10:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Dutch attorney representing Jah Cure stabbing victim appeals to the public to not ‘blame the victim’
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Dutch attorney representing Jah Cure stabbing victim appeals to the public to not ‘blame the victim’
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
November 30, 2025
Attorney-at-law R Bouwman, who is representing Dutch concert promoter Nicardo ‘Papa’ Blake, the victim of a stabbing assault at the hands of reggae si...
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Cop in assault case to return to court
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Cop in assault case to return to court
November 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A police officer accused of assaulting a man with a baton, seen in a 2024 video, will return to court next May. Maurice Hylton app...
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Mavado’s son Dantay Brooks facing assault, weapon charges
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Mavado’s son Dantay Brooks facing assault, weapon charges
October 23, 2025
Dantay Brooks, the son of dancehall superstar Mavado, has once again found himself in trouble with the law. Observer Online understands that the junio...
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Judge orders Norman Scott be fingerprinted in Election Day assault case
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Judge orders Norman Scott be fingerprinted in Election Day assault case
October 13, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott was ordered to have his fingerprint recorded by the police when he appeared in the St Elizabet...
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Businessman accused of pulling gun in heated argument
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Businessman accused of pulling gun in heated argument
October 5, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — A 44-year-old businessman has been charged with assault at common law, use of a firearm to commit a felony, assault occasioning b...
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Spanish Town mayor charged with assault after election day altercation
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Spanish Town mayor charged with assault after election day altercation
September 12, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and malicious destruction of p...
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Father facing charges after allegedly assaulting son
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Father facing charges after allegedly assaulting son
September 12, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — What began as a normal evening at a home in Rosemount, St James, has now escalated into a courtroom battle that pits a father agai...
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UK court convicts asylum seeker of sexual assault
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UK court convicts asylum seeker of sexual assault
September 4, 2025
CHELMSFORD, United Kingdom (AFP) — A court in England on Thursday convicted an Ethiopian asylum seeker of the sexual assault of a teenage girl and a w...
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Norman Scott denounces assault allegations as ‘desperate political tactics’
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Norman Scott denounces assault allegations as ‘desperate political tactics’
September 3, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Elizabeth South East, Norman Scott, says he unequivocally denies the “malicious...
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JLP indoor agent accuses PNP candidate Norman Scott of assault
September 3, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) indoor agent has accused the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Elizabeth South Easte...
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Man to stand trial for alleged assault of policeman at Bull Bay station
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Man to stand trial for alleged assault of policeman at Bull Bay station
August 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of assaulting a policeman at the Bull Bay Police Station is set to go to trial after pleading not guilty to charges ...
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Men charged with assault after allegedly intervening in argument between women
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Men charged with assault after allegedly intervening in argument between women
August 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two men who intervened in an argument between two women, allegedly assaulting one of the women, have been slapped with several cha...
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Bail extended for TikToker Kemar ‘Candy’ Jones
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Bail extended for TikToker Kemar ‘Candy’ Jones
August 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — TikToker Kemar Jones, more popularly known as "Candy", had his bail extended when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish...
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‘I love you and I am sorry’: Sha’Carri Richardson issues heartfelt apology to Christian Coleman
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‘I love you and I am sorry’: Sha’Carri Richardson issues heartfelt apology to Christian Coleman
August 12, 2025
American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has issued a heartfelt apology to her boyfriend, fellow US runner Christian Coleman, after allegedly assaulting...
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US Trials: Christian Coleman into 100m final after alleged Sha’Carri Richardson assault
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US Trials: Christian Coleman into 100m final after alleged Sha’Carri Richardson assault
August 1, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) -- Christian Coleman booked his place in the final of the 100m at the US Track and Field Championships on Friday hours aft...
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Woman breaks down in court over assault charge stemming from lover’s secret marriage
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Woman breaks down in court over assault charge stemming from lover’s secret marriage
July 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 32-year-old woman broke down in court on Tuesday as she recounted the events that led to her allegedly assaulting a woman she sa...
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Courtroom evacuated after man brings machete and baton to hearing
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Courtroom evacuated after man brings machete and baton to hearing
July 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A courtroom at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court was evacuated on Tuesday after a man brought a bag containing a machete and...
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44-y-o production designer accused of assaulting woman
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44-y-o production designer accused of assaulting woman
July 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 44-year-old production designer has been charged with assault following an altercation with a woman in Potters Row, Kingston on ...
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Man freed of charges in assault case involving child’s mother
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Man freed of charges in assault case involving child’s mother
June 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man was freed of assault charges with strict instructions to adhere to probation rules on risk of prison time when he appeared i...
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US founder of Haitian orphanage jailed for over 200 years for sexually abusing wards
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US founder of Haitian orphanage jailed for over 200 years for sexually abusing wards
May 24, 2025
COLORADO, United States (CMC) — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a man from the state of Colorado was sentenced on Friday to 210 yea...
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US singer Chris Brown freed on £5M bail in UK assault case
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US singer Chris Brown freed on £5M bail in UK assault case
May 21, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — American R&B singer Chris Brown, former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, was on Wednesday ordered released on bail in an...
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‘Brute’ seen assaulting nurse in viral video must face consequences, says Grange
May 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Gender Minister Olivia Grange says the man seen in a viral video attacking a nurse employed at the University Hospital of the West...
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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